The Prussian Class T 14.1 was a German
2-8-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheel ...
T, goods train,
tank locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender. Most tank engines also have bunkers (or fuel tanks) to hold fuel; in a tender-tank locom ...
operated by the
Prussian state railways and the
Royal Württemberg State Railways. They were later incorporated by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn into the
DRG renumbering plan for steam locomotives In 1922 the Deutsche Reichsbahn began to develop a renumbering plan to standardize the numbering of steam locomotives that had been taken over from the state railways (''Länderbahnen''). Its basis was the corresponding DRG classification system.
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as DRG Class 93.5–12.
Compared with the Prussian T 14 the
axle load on the
trailing wheels of the T 14.1 was initially 187.3 kN higher than that of the
driving wheels. Later this was able to be reduced to 170,6 kN. The water tanks and coal bunkers were larger, so that more water and coal could be carried. Through changes in the running gear, the top speed could be increased to 70 km/h.
Because many engines had been lost due to break downs or
World War I reparations, the Württemberg State Railway procured these locomotives initially for the lines from
Esslingen am Neckar via
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
to
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg (; Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg district with about 88,000 inhabitants. It is ...
. They were based on the Prussian T 14.1 and differed only in a few details from their prototype.
In all 729 vehicles were procured between 1918 and 1924 for the
Prussian state railways and the Prussian
railway divisions of the
Deutsche Reichsbahn. The
Royal Württemberg State Railways and the DRG's Stuttgart division bought 39 engines between 1921 and 1922. They were given numbers 93 501 - 1261, of which 93 795–814 and 832–850 were former Württemberg machines.
The
Deutsche Bundesbahn retired the last T 14.1, designated in 1968 as Class 093, that same year. In the
Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) the engines, which had been designated in 1970 as 93.1–6, were withdrawn by 1972.
The only existing example, number 93 526, is to be found in the
German Steam Locomotive Museum
The German Steam Locomotive Museum (''Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum'') or DDM is located at the foot of the famous ''Schiefe Ebene'' ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germ ...
at
Neuenmarkt
Neuenmarkt is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany
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Wirsberg
Wirsberg is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany
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and is currently being restored there.
See also
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Prussian state railways
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List of Prussian locomotives and railcars
This list gives an overview of the locomotives and railcars that were in the Prussian state railways. Also included are the locomotives of the Grand Duchy of Hesse State Railways (''Grossherzoglich Hessischen Staatseisenbahnen'') and the Prussia ...
References
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External links
DDM – Deutsches Dampflokmotiv-Museum, Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg
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